Falls Creek
It has been an interesting summer for vacations at the McElroy household. The Blonde and a few other teachers from her school went to Washington, D.C. the first week of June. Then, I went to the SBC Annual Meeting in Greensboro. Finally, we’re getting away together: not alone, but together. We, along with 5,450 teenagers [...]
Life Without Children
Each year the National Marriage Project offers an essay about the social health of marriage in America. This year’s State of Our Unions essay is Life Without Children by Barbara Whitehead and David Popenoe. For most of the nation’s history, Americans expected to devote much of their adult life and work to the rearing of [...]
Confidentiality: Part 2
I closed my blog that dealt with SBC issues some time ago. Not wanting to lose all the posts, I’m re-publishing some of them here with the date they were originally posted. Or, Why I don’t keep secrets. I’m not referring to maintaining the confidentiality of counseling clients; of course I keep those secrets. I’m [...]
Newlyweds
I saw a young couple for marital counseling today. Ages 21 and 24, they have been married less than two months. They’re talking about divorce, possibly an annulment, and bickering all the time. Not good. She feels unappreciated. He believes he’s nagged all the time. Neither of them can clearly recall the last time they [...]
The Meaning of Confidentiality
I closed my blog that dealt with SBC issues some time ago. Not wanting to lose all the posts, I’m re-publishing some of them here with the date they were originally posted. “I’ve done counseling”, the pastor sitting next to me exclaimed. “I know there are times when it is better to keep a confidence [...]
Leadership Styles
I closed my blog that dealt with SBC issues some time ago. Not wanting to lose all the posts, I’m re-publishing some of them here with the date they were originally posted. Angie Ward, writing for Leadership Journal, thinks she knows why Baby Boomers are frustrated by what they perceive to be a lack of [...]
Marital Miscommunication
Greg Smalley, Director of Church Relationship Ministries at The Center for Relationship Enrichment on the campus of John Brown University, believes some marital conflict is the product of unrealistic expectations and miscues about our spouse. It’s often not the words that cause trouble, but the meaning that one attaches to them. Often we don’t hear [...]
One More on Baptism
I closed my blog that dealt with SBC issues some time ago. Not wanting to lose all the posts, I’m re-publishing some of them here with the date they were originally posted. A few days ago I wrote, “I received an email from a friend who pointed to a couple of SBC churches in Oklahoma [...]
What Every Parent Should Know
Art, blogging at DadBloggers recently wrote about Estate Planning: What Every Dad Should Know. This was the sentence that caught my attention: It is amazing to me that most parents spend more time deciding who will baby-sit for them this weekend than they do about who would take care of their kids should something happen [...]
Dad Bloggers
My latest post is up at dadbloggers.com: Johnny Depp and Me. The title was inspired by a comment my 15-year-old made: Some of my friends think Johnny Depp is soooooo cute. But, he’s like your age. That’s just gross. Thanks. Thanks a lot, kiddo.
